Polish inflation at 2.9% in May: stats office

Inflation in Poland stood at 2.9 percent in year-on-year terms in May, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Monday in a final estimate.

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The figure was in line with a flash estimate released by the government-run statistics agency at the end of last month.

Consumer #prices in #Poland in May 2020 increased by 2.9% compared to May 2019 (price index 102.9). As related to April 2020 they dwindled by 0.2% (price index 99.8)https://t.co/7UueD8YAaB#StatisticsPoland #statistics #CPI #PriceIndices #PriceIndex #inflation #prices pic.twitter.com/Zx4sIn6ivc

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 15, 2020

In April, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 3.4 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office.

The statistics office has previously said it has revised its system of weights used for calculating the consumer price index in Poland in 2020.

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Source: PAP